I have so much tackle I can't find anything?

[Cory Doras]

On 10/16/2018 at 7:53 AM, Ncflats said:

I’ve tried and tried to figure out a solid solution to this exact issue and have failed. I think I have finally come to the realization that you can actually have too much tackle. 

 

I fish for multiple species as i live on the coast. Both inshore (reds, trout, flounder) and offshore blue water fishing. And then bass fishing.

 

I have every bit of 75+ Plano boxes, over 60 rods, 16+ feet of pegboard loaded with plastic. Boxes upon boxes of brand new unopened hardbaits. It’s sickening and a true addiction. 

 

trying to manage this amount of stuff may not seem hard but it starts to take the fun out of tinkering with tackle when it takes you 20 minutes to find a jig box you know you have. 

 

So any of you who have Piles of organized tackle post pics of your garage and how you people manage it. 

 

Ive almost got to the point of wanting to go buy a small tackle bag, pick out the basics and confidence baits, and be done with the rest of it. Too many years of collecting, and I’m not even 30 yet!

I feel your pain. I had the exact same situation. I tried everything and nothing worked.  Never had what I needed, stuff lost and turn up weeks later. But finally, I figured it out. 

1) Back to Plano boxes again.

2) a box for each type of lures.

3) Thin planos for all soft plastics (only carry about 5 of each color) the rest are  stored in more planos at home.

4) All planos labeled

5) Planos for each species

So, I have about 50 planos loaded, I take what im using by species and season. 

My bass planos are in my boat but only what im using for that season.

My pike/musky stuff is in planos.

My trout stuff is in planos but stored in large HDX containers

My lake trout/salmon stuff is in planos and in large HDX containers. 

My fly stuff is in small planos in HDX containers.

Waders and boots are in another HDX container.

I have a water proof boat bag with pliers, sun screen, bug spray, water, granola bars, scales, binoc's, etc.

I only have enough tackle for a day, the rest is kept at home in an old amour in planos. 

Also, I keep worm hooks and weights in with my worms in the plano, soft jerk bait hooks in the plano for soft jerk baits etc. So, when Im using plastic worms, im working out of 1 plano and not pulling out 3 (worm, hooks, and one for weights. I hate the bags that the plastic come in cause you cant see what your looking for quickly and they take up a lot of space. 

 

I have a resovior close to me that has smb, lmb, rainbow trout, lake trout, and landlocked salmon. No boats, all shore fishing, wading is only allowed in tributaries. I got for lakers, pull that HDX out and im off. Bite slows I move to the river and try for rainbows, pull that HDX. Then, move to the other river and chase the salmon run in the fall. Grab that HDX. 

And, Im wheeling about 20 different rods for my antics. 

[Rick Howard]

You can send all the stuff to me.  Problem solved.

[Boomstick]

I have a not enough tackle problem!

[Munkin]

46 minutes ago, Boomstick said:

I have a not enough tackle problem!

You do not know the struggle yet.

 

Allen

[thinkingredneck]

On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 4:57 PM, cgolf said:

I got sick of trying to figure out what plastics were in what box so I spent a rainy afternoon when the wife was out and wrote down the brand style and colors of all the baits in each box and numbered them as I went. I then put them in a table ordering by brand style and color. Then I was able to condense baits that were in multiple boxes into just one box. 

 

Now it’s easy to find a Berkley 4” Ripple shad I’m uncle Rico and a Kalins Ron’s craw grub. Look at my list and I go to the right box the first time instead of the 10th time. This saves me a large amount of time. Same would work for bagged plastics across multiple boxes too.  

 

Now I need to figure out if I do this with my other tackle. 

That is impressive.  Sort of like a library file system.  

[NYWayfarer]

I have the same issue this late in the season. During the winter months I organize all my tackle. I have old shoeboxes full of soft plastic packages. One for worms, one for craws, one for tubes, etc. Hooks and such get stored in Plano boxes.

 

All of that stuff gets so tossed about during the spring, summer and fall it's impossible to find stuff after awhile. With the season winding down it will be time soon to get everything sorted for next year.

[blckshirt98]

Preaching to the choir my friend.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

"Hello" i found manns jelly wagglers i had for 20 yrs a few days ago 8 packs never used 

[Munkin]

11 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

I have the same issue this late in the season. During the winter months I organize all my tackle. I have old shoeboxes full of soft plastic packages. One for worms, one for craws, one for tubes, etc. Hooks and such get stored in Plano boxes.

 

All of that stuff gets so tossed about during the spring, summer and fall it's impossible to find stuff after awhile. With the season winding down it will be time soon to get everything sorted for next year.

This is my problem as well, I organize everything through the winter but when I need something I tear into the boxes. At the end of the season s**t is everywhere until I re-organize it if I get a chance.

 

Allen